The BC Court of Appeals has ruled that teachers are allowed to post statements criticising the provincial government inside schools.

Susan Lambert, second vice-president of the B.C. Teachers' Federation, said the ruling supports a basic tenet in Canadian society — the right to freedom of expression.

"It's a basic Charter right and it's a right held very dearly by Canadians," Lambert said. "This decision has seen the importance of the case and has decided that school districts are subject to the Charter and that teachers have a guarantee of freedom of expression in the workplace."

This ruling comes from the same BC Court of Appeals that earlier this year upheld the suspension without pay of BC teacher Chris Kempling for expressing opinions about homosexuality outside the classroom–in a local newspaper. So much for teachers' "guarantee of freedom of expression". Only politically acceptable opinions are protected, it seems.

Can you say "hypocrisy"?

via Nealenews.